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Main description:
Cardiomyopathy is one of the most frequent causes of heart failure. It is often associated with inadequate heart pumping or other heart function abnormalities. There are many different causes of the disease, therefore many different kinds of cardiomyopathies exist. This volume, written by a leading expert, focuses on inflammatory CM, belonging to the Dilated Cardiomyopathies (DCMi). It covers epidemiology/prognosis, pathology, immunology, diagnosis and treatment strategies.
Contents:
Pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of pericarditis.- Epidemiology and prognosis of myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy: Predictive value of clinical parameters and biopsy findings.- Autoimmune murine myocarditis and immunomodulatory interventions.- Coxsackievirus-induced murine myocarditis and immunomodulatory interventions.- Myocardial proteases and matrix remodeling in acute myocarditis and inflammatory cardiomyopathy.- Molecular genetics of cardiomyopathies and myocarditis.- Pathogenic relevance of autoantibodies in dilated cardiomyopathy.- The role of cytokines in inflammation induced cardiomyopathy: Pathogenesis and therapeutic implications.- Histology and immunohistology of myocarditis.- Immunohistological diagnosis of inflammatory cardiomyopathy and
diagnosis of cardiotropic viral infections.- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging - A non-invasive approach for the detection of myocardial inflammation - Potentials and limitations.- Clinical management of acute myocarditis and cardiomyopathy.- Immunosuppressive treatment of inflammatory cardiomyopathy patients.- Antiviral interferon-? treatment in patients with chronic viral cardiomyopathy.- Immunoadsorption in dilated cardiomyopathy patients
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Publication date: June, 2010
Pages: 294
Weight: 669g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Cardiovascular Medicine, Diseases and Disorders, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Pharmacology
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